less for us. more for you. >>> nsa leaker edward snowden has left the moscow airport after being granted temporary asylum in russia according to his lawyer. nbc's jim maceda is live in moscow with the latest, jim? >> reporter: hi, kelly, that's right, we were into the sixth week of watching or waiting for more snowden to come out of the transit lounge at the airport here in moscow. the planets were really lining up to suggest that he would be staying there for a long time, but it was confirmed today by snowden's lawyer that snowden was issued temporary asylum. we saw images at least of his new official refugee passport dated yesterday, july 31st. good for one year. but this asylum is renewable after that indefinitely one year at a time. so, despite the wait at the airport, this process which normally takes three to six months, in fact, russian officials fast tracked that process, and within two weeks, really, he got this ability now to travel anywhere he wants to in russia. when asked where snowde